From longevity in Japan’s Okinawa to proxy wars in Middle East, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

Civita di Bagnoregio in Lazio, Italy, sits atop fragile volcanic rock. Erosion threatens its edges, yet the village still ...

The 3-2 defeat at the Emirates was the Gunners' third winless game in a row in the league and meant their lead at the top is ...

This past year, Ocean Art Contest saw thousands of entries spanning more than 90 countries—each highlighting fleeting ...

Cpl. Gabriel Castleman, of Duluth, Minn., and Sgt. Logan Gilbert, of San Antonio, Texas, said their Marine training kicked in when the man sitting next to them Wednesday evening collapsed at Ramen ...

We descended into Chibichibi Cave in southern Okinawa with the heavy feeling that this was not a site of distant history, but a warning. The cave is low ...

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

Okinawa is Japan’s sole subtropical region, attracting visitors seeking white sand beaches and swaying palms. Of the 160 or ...

The new Dark Ties side story is pretty awesome, too, and full of hilarious gameplay moments.

Folks used to half-jokingly call Yakuza 3 the Orphanage Simulator. Yakuza Kiwami 3 is the "Kiryu's daily life in Okinawa" ...

It’s show time. Up heaves the sail, a concertina of heavy canvas pulled taut against the creaking wooden mast. It gulps the breeze that’s whisking cotton puffs of cloud out to sea. Black butterflies, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The traditional Okinawan sabani boats were historically used for fishing and travelling between islands. Photograph by James ...